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Alice

The Musical

Act One

Overture (Entracte could be used as an alternative)

Lewis Carroll Many a day we rowed together on that quiet stream the three

little maidens

!uc"worth and # $ and many a %airy tale had been told %or their bene&t' et

none o% these many tales got written down they lived and died li"e summer

midges each in its golden a%ternoon until there came a day when one o% my

listeners begged that the tale be written out %or her

ALL #* A +OL!E* A,TE-*OO*

All

All in a golden a%ternoon

.nder the s"ies o% cloudless blue

Leisurely gliding time away

/eading u0stream to &nd some shade

1lee0ily dri%ting on our way that dreamy English summers day


Eager %or stories wild and new

Three little ladies named 2Liddell

Longed %or a %able to be told'

3hat can a single voice avail against three tongues that beg a tale4

Tell us a story tell us a story tell us a story'


Tales o% imagination grew'

Alice the dream5child too" our hands

Through many adventures all un0lanned'


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1lowly the tales or 3onderland did come to us as now they stand'

Tell us a story tell us a story tell us a story'

Lewis Carroll (1itting at writing des") ,ull many a year has sli00ed away that

2golden

a%ternoon but # can call it u0 almost as clearly as i% it were yesterday $ the

cloudless blue above the watery mirror below the boat dri%ting idly on its

way the tin"le o% the dro0s that %ell %rom the oars as they waved so slee0ily

to

and %ro and the three eager %aces hungry %or news o% %airyland' (1tarting to

write) Alice was beginning to get very tired o% sitting by her sister on the ban"

and o% having nothing to do' Once or twice she had 0ee0ed into the boo" her

sister was reading' (The remainder o% Lewis Carrolls lines can be read

as he 2writes the story')

Alice 3hat is the use o% a boo" without 0ictures or conversations in it4Lewis

Carroll 1he was considering whether the 0leasure o% ma"ing a daisy chain

would be

worth the trouble o% getting u0 and 0ic"ing the daisies when suddenly a

white rabbit with 0in" eyes ran close by her'

#M LATE

3hite -abbit

#m late6 #m late6

#m getting in a terrible state #ll have to hurry'

7etter get a move on 2cause #m running out o% time'

#m late6 #m late6

# havent got a moment to waste #m getting worried'

3hat am # to do4 #m going out o% my mind6

#m late6 #m late6

#% the !uchess has a minute to wait shell have my head o8'


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#m late6 #m late6

#% # cannot "ee0 this crucial date therell be no let o8'

3hat am # to do4 #m going out o% my mind6 ' #M LATE66

Lewis Carroll 7urning with curiosity Alice ran across the &eld a%ter it'

,ortunately she was

9ust in time to see it 0o0 down a large rabbit5hole under the hedge' Alice

went

down a%ter it never once considering how in the world she would get out

again' The rabbit5hole went straight on li"e a tunnel and then di00ed

suddenly down' Alice %ound hersel% %alling down a very dee0 well'

!O3* !O3* !O3*

All

Chorus !own down down $ # %ell #m %alling through the ground'

!own down down $ #m %alling slowly %alling down'

!own down down $ my world is turning all around'

!own down down $ #m %eeling slee0y %eelings now'

Alice

3hats going to ha00en4

#t seems #ve been %alling

,or miles unending

And when will it sto04

Chorus

Alice

,alling in dar"ness

:ast cu0boards and boo"shelves

#m loo"ing around me


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At 0ictures and ma0s'

Chorus

Alice3here am # going4

# cant get my bearings

#ve gone such a distance

3here will # end u04

Lewis Carroll !own she came u0on a hea0 o% stic"s and dry leaves and the

%all was over'

Alice 9um0ed onto her %eet in a moment' #t was dar" overhead and in %ront

was another long 0assage' The 3hite -abbit was still in sight hurrying along

it'

3hite -abbit Oh my ears and whis"ers6 /ow late its getting6 (E;its)

Alice 3hat an unusual hallway6 # do believe #m in the rabbits house' Oh hes

le%t

a "ey' # wonder i% it o0ens one o% these doors'

Lewis Carroll Alas6 Either the loc"s were too large or the "ey was too small'

At any rate it

wouldnt o0en any o% them' 1uddenly Alice came u0on a low curtain she had

not noticed be%ore and behind it was a little door about &%teen inches high'

1he "nelt down o0ened the door and loo"ed along the 0assage'

Alice The loveliest garden you every saw6

M LO


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All

Chorus ,ountains 0ure and grass so green'

# can hear birds singing in the trees'

# must &nd my lovely garden

#ts the 0lace # visit in my dreams'


#*1T-AME*TAL 7AC=#*+ .*!E- !#ALO.+E>

Alice /ow # wish # could get out o% this dar" hall and wander about among

those

beds o% bright ?owers and those cool %ountains but # cant even get my head

through the doorway' And even i% my head would go through it would be

very little use without my shoulders' (1ighs) #% only # could &nd a way6

All

Chorus ,ountains 0ure and grass so green'

# can hear birds singing in the trees'

# must &nd my lovely garden


#ts the 0lace # visit in my dreams'Alice # wish # could shut u0 li"e a telesco0e'

:erha0s # might &nd a boo" o% rules

that would show me how' (3al"s bac" to the table) This little bottle certainly

wasnt here be%ore' 2!rin" Me6 $ # shall loo" &rst and see whether its mar"ed

20oison or not' Anything mar"ed 20oison is sure to disagree with you sooner

or later i% you drin" too much o% it' This loo"s O= though' (!rin"s %rom it)

Mm6


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%elt a little

nervous about shrin"ing any %urther' And a%ter a while &nding nothing more

ha00ened she decided to go to the garden at once' 7ut alas %or 0oor Alice6

3hen she got to the door she had %orgotten the "ey' And when she went

bac" to the table to get it she couldnt 0ossibly reach it' Try as she might it

was no use' Alice sat down and cried'

Alice Theres no use crying li"e that6 # advise you to leave o8 this minute'

Lewis Carroll 1uddenly she noticed a small ca"e beside her' The words 2Eat

me were

written on it in currents'

Alice 3ell # shall eat it6 #% it ma"es me grow larger # can reach the "ey and i%

it

ma"es me grow smaller # can cree0 under the door' Either way #ll get into

the garden' (/olding her hand on her head) 3hich way4 (East some more)

Curiosuer and curiouser6 *ow #m o0ening out li"e the tallest telesco0e that

ever was6 +oodbye %eet6

Lewis Carroll Alice was now more than nine %eet high' At once she too" thelittle golden

"ey and hurried o8 to the garden door' Lying down on one side it was all she

could do to loo" into the garden with one eye' To try and get through was

more ho0eless than ever' 1he sat down and began to cry again'

Alice ou ought to be ashamed o% yoursel% $ a great girl li"e you to go on

crying

li"e this' 1to0 this moment # tell you6

Lewis Carroll 7ut she went on all the same shedding gallons o% tears until

there was a

large 0ool o% tears all around her' 1uddenly she hears a little 0attering o% %eet

in the distance'


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3hite -abbit Oh6 The !uchess the !uchess6 3ont she be savage i% #ve "e0t

her

waiting4

#M LATE6 (-e0rise)

3hite -abbit

#m late6 #m late6

#% the !uchess has a minute to wait shell have my head o8'


#m late6 #m late6

#% # cannot "ee0 this crucial date therell be no let o8'

3hat am # to do4 #m going out o% my mind6 ' #M LATE66Alice #% you 0lease

sir

3hite -abbit (1tartled) # cant sto0 now' #ll be late6 (/urries o8 dro00ing

gloves and %an)

Alice (:ic"s them u0) !ear dear' /ow queer everything is today' (,ans hersel%

and starts to shrin") +oodness6 #m shrin"ing again' #t must be the %an'

(Throws it on the ?oor) # never was so small as this be%ore never6

Lewis Carroll As she said these words her %oot sli00ed and in another

moment s0lash6

1he was u0 to her chin in water' At &rst she thought shed somehow %allen

into the sea but soon realised that she was in the 0ool o% tears which she had

we0t when she was nine %eet high'

# 3#1/ # /A!*T !-#E! 1O M.C/

All

Chorus # wish # hadnt cried so much

# wish # hadnt cried so much'

*ow everything has changed and nothing is the same at all'

# wish # hadnt cried so much


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Alice O mouse6 !o you "now the way out o% here4 #m very tired o% swimming

about li"e this' O mouse6 :erha0s it doesnt understand English' :erha0s

its a ,rench mouse' # dont "now much ,rench' Let me see' Ou est ma

chatte4B Oh # do beg your 0ardon' # quite %orgot you didnt li"e cats'

Mouse *ot li"e cats6 3ould you li"e cats i% you were me4

Alice 3ell 0erha0s not'

Mouse *asty low vulgar things6 !ont let me hear any more about them

again6

Alice Are you $ are you %ond o% $ o% dogs4 (*o re0ly) Theres such a nice little

dog

near our house # should li"e to show you'

Mouse Cats6 !ogs6 2*ice little things46

Alice Oh dear' *ow #ve o8ended it again' Mouse dear do come bac"' 3e

wont

tal" about cats or dogs i% you dont li"e them6

Mouse (Turns round and swims slowly bac") Lets swim to shore and then #ll

tell you

my history' Then youll understand why it is # hate cats and dogs'

Lewis Carroll #t was high time %or them to go' The 0ool was getting quiet

crowded with the

birds and animals that had %allen into it' There was a duc" and a !odo a

Lory and several other curious creatures' Alice led the way and the whole

0arty swam to the shore' 3hat a queer5loo"ing 0arty there were assembled

on the ban"' The &rst question o% course was how to het dry

Mouse 1it down all o% you and listen to me' Ahem6 1ilence i% you 0lease6

Lory Must we listen to his story again4

Mouse #ll 0roceed6 The 0atriotic Archbisho0 o% Canterbury %ound it advisable

Lory ,ound what4


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Mouse ,ound it' O% course you "now what 2it means' /e %ound it advisable to

meet

3illiam and o8er him the crown' (To Alice) /ow are you getting on now my

dear4

Alice #m as wet as ever' #t doesnt seem to dry me at all'

!odo #n that case # move that the meeting ad9ourn %or the immediate

ado0tion o%

more energetic remedies'

Lory 10ea" English6 # dont "now the meaning o% hal% those long words and

whats

more # dont believe you do either6!odo # was going to say that the best

thing to get us dry would be a Caucus race'

Alice 3hat is a Caucus race4

!odo 3hy the best way to e;0lain it is to do it' /ere is the racecourse (mar"s

out

a sort o% circle) $ the e;act sha0e doesnt matter' 1tand where you li"e begin

to run when you li"e and leave o8 when you li"e'

CA.C.1 -ACE

All

Chorus #n the caucus -ace you choose a start 0lace

ou can then begin and end e;actly where you li"e'

#n the Caucus -ace you run at your own 0ace

oull be guaranteed to win a 0rie6

#% your %ur and %eathers are a sorry sight

#% youre %eeling cold and wet'

Come and 9oin the race and youll get dry

Theres no need to be u0set6

Chorus


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this elegant thimble' (All cheer' Alice bows and ta"es the thimble' 1he turns

to the Mouse)

Alice ou 0romised to tell me your history you "now and why it is you hate

2C and

2!'

Mouse Mine is a long sad tale'

MO.1E1 TALE

Mouse

,ury said to the mouse that he met in the house

Let us both go to law # will 0rosecute you'

# will 0rosecute you6

Come #ll ta"e no denial

3e must have a trial

,or really this morning #ve nothing to do'

#ve nothing to doB

1aid the mouse to the cur

1uch a trial dear sir

3ith no 9ury or 9udge

3ould be wasting our breathB'

#ll be 9udge #ll be @uryB

1aid cunning old ,ury

#ll try the whole cause and condemn you to death6B

Mouse ou are not attending6

Alice # beg your 0ardon' # thought you had &nished'

Mouse # had not'

Alice A "not4 Oh do let me hel0 you undo it'

Mouse # shall do nothing o% the sort' ou insult me by tal"ing such nonsense6


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Alice # didnt mean it' (Mouse starts to wal" away) :lease come bac" and

&nish

your story'

All es 0lease come bac"6 (Mouse sha"es his head and e;its)

Lory 3hat a 0ity it wouldnt stay6

Alice # wish # had our !inah here' 1hed soon %etch it bac"6

Lory And who is !inah i% # might venture to as" the question4

Alice !inahs our cat' And shes such a ca0ital one %or catching mice' And oh

#

wish you could see her a%ter the birds6

!odo 3e really must be going' #ts getting very late6 (E;it Lory !odo and

creatures)

Alice # wish # hadnt mentioned !inah' My dear !inah # wonder i% # shall ever

see

you any more '

3hite -abbit The !uchess6 The !uchess6 Oh my dear 0aws6 Oh my %ur and

whis"ers6

1hell get me e;ecuted as sure as %errets are %errets6 3here can # have

dro00ed them' # wonder4 3hy Mary5Ann4 3hat are you doing out here4

-un home this moment and %etch me a 0air o% gloves and a %an6 Duic"6 *ow6

(E;its)

Alice /e too" me %or his housemaid' /ow sur0rised hell be when he &nds out

who

# am' 7ut # better ta"e him his %an and gloves $ that is i% # can &nd them'

Lewis Carroll As she said this Alice came u0on a neat little house on the door

o% which

was a bright brass 0late with the name 23' -A77#TT engraved u0on it' 1he

hurried in without "noc"ing and %ound her way into a tiny room' #nside was a

table and on it a %an and two or three 0airs o% tiny white "id gloves and a little


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bottle'

3/AT 3#LL 7ECOME O, ME4

Alice

#ve %ound another bottle

#ts given me a thought'

#m sure that something strange will ha00en

#% # can remove the cor"'

#m tired o% being little

#m sic" o% %eeling small'

:erha0s i% # should try this drin"

#ll end u0 growing really tall'

All

Chorus 3hat will become o% me now # wonder4

# cant imagine what # should do'

#s this a magical s0ell #m under4Things "ee0 ha00ening that hardly seem

true'

Much sooner than e;0ected

#t ha00ened as be%ore

7ut when shed drun" a hal% o% it

1he wished shed not begun at all'

Alas6 #t was too late then

1he grew and grew some more'

#n hardly any time she started ,eeling so uncom%ortable'

Chorus

Alice

My heads against the ceiling

# cant get out the door'


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# wish # hadnt drun" so much

# ho0e # dont grow anymore6

My %oot is u0 the chimney

#m "neeling on the ?oor'

My arm is out the window and my

Elbows stuc" against the wall'

Chorus

Alice

Things "ee0 ha00ening strange things ha00ening

Curious ha00enings that hardly seem true'

Lewis Carroll Alice had grown so large that she was stuc" %ast inside the

rabbits house'

Luc"ily %or Alice the little magic bottle had now had its %ull e8ect and she

grew

no larger'

Alice #t was much 0leasanter at home when one wasnt always growing

larger and

smaller and being ordered about but mice and rabbits' # do wonder what can

have ha00ened to me4 # 3onder what will ha00en ne;t4

Lewis Carroll And well might she have wondered %or Alice hersel% could hardly

believe what

ha00ened ne;t' ,irstly the 3hite -abbit came to loo" %or his gloves and %an

but %ound he couldnt get it' 7ill the Liard was sent down the chimney to

tac"le the giant inside' Alice with once shar0 "ic" sent him bac" u0 li"e a

s"y5roc"et' Then the rabbit and his %riends showered Alice with a barrow5%ull

o% 0ebbles which she noticed with some sur0rise were all turning into little

ca"es6 *aturally she tried one o% them and was delighted to &nd that she

began shrin"ing directly' As soon as she was small enough she ran out o%


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the house and %ound hersel% sa%e in the thic" wood'

Alice The &rst thing #ve got to do id to grow to my right sie again and the

second

this id to &nd my way into that lovely garden' # thin" that will be the best

0lan'Lewis Carroll #t sounded an e;cellent 0lan $ the only diFculty was that

she had not the

smallest idea how to set about it' Alice loo"ed all round her at the ?owers and

the blades o% grass' There was a large mushroom growing near her about

the same height as hersel%' 1he stretched hersel% u0 on ti0toe and 0ee0ed

over the edge o% the mushroom' /er eyes immediately met those o% large

blue cater0illar'

3/O A-E O.4

All

3ho are you4B said the cater0illar

#n such a lay mood he hardly bothered to stir'

Lac"adaisical and Laisse5%aire

3as the little %ella attitude'

3ho can say4B Alice had to re0ly'

#ts been a strange old day and # "ee0 changing my sie'

#ts not easy to e;0lain (#ve tried)

7ut #m really not mysel% today6B

Cater0illar 3hat do you mean by that4 E;0lain yoursel%6

Alice # cant e;0lain mysel% #m a%raid sir because #m not mysel% you see'

Cater0illar # dont see'

Alice #m a%raid # cant 0ut it more clearly %or # cant understand it mysel% to

begin

with being so many di8erent sies in a day is very con%using'

Cater0illar #t isnt6


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Alice 3ell 0erha0s you havent %ound it so yet but when you have to turn

into a

chrysalis $ you will some day you "now and then a%ter that into a butter?y $ #

should thin" youll %eel it a little queer wont you4

Cater0illar *ot a bit6

Alice 3ell 0erha0s your %eelings may be di8erent' All # "now is it would %eel

very

queer to me'

Cater0illar ou4 3ho are you46

Come bac" here6B called the Cater0illar'

(/e sounded quite sincere and so it mattered to her')

#ve got something that you ought to hear

And its this =EE: O.- TEM:E-6B

Alice #s that all4

Cater0illar *o6 1o you thin" youre changed do you4Alice #m a%raid # am sir' #

cant remember things as # used to and # dont "ee0 the

same sie %or tem minutes together'

Cater0illar -e0eat 2,ather 3illiam'

Alice 2ou are old ,ather 3illiam the young man said

2And your hair has become very white'

And yet you incessantly stand on your head

!o you thin" at your age it is right4

2#n your youth ,ather 3illiam re0lied to his son

2# %eared it might in9ure the brain'

7ut now that #m 0er%ectly sure # have none

3hy # do it again and again'

Thats not right6B said the Cater0illar


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#% # can be 0recise #ve never listened to worse'

*ot a solitary line or verse

/as the meaning that # thought it might'B

Alice *othings right today' One doesnt li"e changing so o%ten you "now but#

should li"e to be a little larger sir i% you wouldnt mind' Three inches is such

a wretched height to be'

Cater0illar #ts a very good height indeed6

Cater0illar

# dont "now what is wrong with your sie'

ou shouldnt worry so you shouldnt criticie'

oull get used to being inches high

#ts the 0er%ect height and # should "now6

:lease e;cuse me now # have to go6 (1lowly crawls away)

Alice /ow 0uling all these things are' #m never sure whats going to

ha00en

%rom one minute to another6 Anyway #ve got to get into that beauti%ulgarden

$ how is it to be done # wonder4

Lewis Carroll As she said this Alice suddenly came u0on an o0en 0lace with a

little house

in it about %our %eet high' ,or a minute or two she stood loo"ing at the house

wondering what to do nest when a %ootman in livery came running out o% the

wood and went to the %ront door'

:#+ A*! :E::E-

,ish ,ootman

The Dueen has invited the !uchess to 0lay

Along with the others a game o% croquet'


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-oc"5a5bye baby sat on a stool

3atch out %or sauce0ans dishes and all'

7eat him and sha"e him throw him around'

/ell go to slee0 when he hits the ground66

#*1T-.ME*TAL (7aby lobbing)

Alice Theres certainly too much 0e00er in that sou06 :lease would you tell

me

why your cat grins li"e that4

!uchess #ts a Cheshire Cat and thats why' (To baby) :ig6

Alice # didnt "now that cats could grin'

!uchess They all can and most o% them do'

Alice # dont "now o% any that do'

!uchess ou dont "now much and thats a %act' (Coo" starts throwing things

at

!uchess)Alice :lease mind what youre doing6 Oh there goes his 0recious

nose6

!uchess #% everybody minded their own business the world would go round a

great

deal %aster than it does'

Alice 3hich would not be an advantage' ou see the earth ta"es twenty5%our

hours

to turn on its a;is'

!uchess Tal"ing o% a;es cho0 o8 her head6

Alice Twenty5,our hours # thin" or is it twelve4

!uchess Oh dont bother me6 # could never abide &gures' /ere you may

nurse it %or

a bit i% you li"e' (,lings baby at Alice and leaves)

Lewis Carroll Alice carried the baby out into the o0en air where it started to

grunt' 1he told


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Lewis Carroll 3ith that the Cheshire Cat slowly vanished beginning with the

end o% the tail

and ending with the grin which remained some time a%ter the rest o% it had

gone'

Alice 3ell6 #ve o%ten seen a cat without a grin but a grin without a cat6 #ts

the

most curious thing # ever saw in all my li%e'

3O*!E-LA*!

Alice

3hite rabbits with strange habits

That run round in a mad 0anic

*ever having time to turn around'

Log hallways with small doorways

Are there sometimes but not always

Curious indeed $ the things #ve %ound'

All

Chorus Alice Alice 0lease understand

These are the things that ha00en in a wonderland'

(-e0eat)

Alice

Loud sneeing and brain5teasing

3here words ta"e on a new meaning

Everyone it seems must disagree'

-ude manners and bad grammar

The ,rog ,ootman a Mad /atter6

#ts the strangest 0lace #ve ever been6

Chorus


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#*1T-.ME*TAL

Chorus

E*! O, ACT O*EACT T3O

Entracte

Lewis Carroll A%ter watching the Cheshire Cat slowly vanish Alice set o8 once

more' 1he

had not gone much %urther be%ore she came in sight o% the house o% the

March /are' 1he thought it must be the right house because the chimneys

were sha0ed li"e ears and the roo% was thatched with %ur' There was a table

set out under a tree in %ront o% the house where the March /are and the

/atter were having tea' A !ormouse was sitting between them %ast aslee0'

(Alice a00roaches table)

/are G /atter *o room6 *o room6

Alice Theres 0lenty or room6 (Alice sits down)

/are /ave some wine'

Alice # dont see any wine'

/atter There isnt any'

Alice Then it wasnt very civil o% you to o8er it'

/are #t wasnt very civil o% you to sit down without being invited'

Alice # didnt "now it was your table'

/atter our hair wants cutting'

Alice ou should learn not to ma"e 0ersonal remar"s $ its very rude'

/atter 3hy is a raven li"e a writing des"4

Alice # believe # can guess that'

/are !o you mean you thin" that you can &nd the answer to it4

Alice E;actly so6

/are Then you should say what you mean # do' At least # mean what # say'


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Thats

the same thing you "now'

/atter *ot the same thing a bit6 ou might 9ust as well say that # eat what #

seeB is

the same as # see what # eatB'

/are ou might 9ust as well say that # li"e what # getB is the same as # get

what #

li"eB'!ormouse ou might 9ust as well say that # breathe when # slee0B is the

same as #

slee0 when # breathe6B

/atter #t is the same thing with you6 (They sit silent %or a minute) 3hat day o%

the

month is it4

Alice The %ourth'

/atter Two days wrong6 # told you butter wouldnt suit the wor"s6 (Loo"ing

angrily at

the /are)

/are #t was the best butter'

/atter es but some crumbs must have got in as well' ou shouldnt have 0ut

it in

with the bread5"ni%e'

/are #t was the best butter you "now6

Alice 3hat a %unny watch6 #t tells the day o% the month and doesnt tell what

ocloc"

it is6

/atter 3hy should it4 !oes your watch tell you what year it is4

Alice O% course not but thats because it stays the same year %or such a long

time

together'


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/atter 3hich is 9ust the case with mine'

Alice # dont quite understand you'

/atter The dormouse is aslee0 again' (:ours tea on his nose)

!ormouse O% course o% course 9ust what # was going to remar" mysel%'

/atter /ave you guessed the riddle yet4

Alice *o $ # give u0' 3hats the answer4

/atter # havent the slighted idea6

MA! A1 A /ATTE-

/atter

Chorus #m mad as a hatter6

#ve never %elt better

#ts hard to believe that #m out o% my mind

7ut #m mad as a hatter6

1o 0ass me the butter

2Cause li%e is a tea50arty all o% the time6

All/es mad as a hatter6

/es never %elt better

#ts hard to believe that hes out o% his mind

7ut hes mad as a hatter6

1o 0ass him the butter

2Cause li%e is a tea50arty all o% the time6

Chorus /es mad as a hatter

/atter

#t was the middle o% March

# had a quarrel with time'

*ow he does nothing # as"


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/e was a good %riends o%


/atter # want a clean cu06 Lets all move one 0lace on6

(/atter stu8s dormouse into tea0ot)


Chorus #m mad as a hatter

Alice (As she wal"s away) #ll never go there again6 #ts the stu0idest tea 0arty

#

ever was at in all my li%e6

Lewis Carroll @ust as she said this Alice noticed that one o% the trees had a

door leading

right into in' Curious indeed $ but in she went' 1he %ound hersel% at last in

the beauti%ul garden among the bright ?ower5beds and the cool %ountains' A

large rose5tree stood near the entrance o% the garden' The roses growing on

it were white but there were three gardeners there busily 0ainting them red'

Two Loo" out now ,ive6 !ont go s0lashing 0aint over me li"e that6

,ive # couldnt hel0 it6 1even 9ogged my elbow6

1even Thats right ,ive6 Always lay the blame on others'

/atter

-avens are rather li"e des"s'

Tell me i% you thin" is true'

ou wont be able to guess'

#ve really not got a

!ormouse G /are (or all)

(A riddle6 A riddle6)

(Tell him do tell him6)

(/ell have to tell you6)


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/atter

# &nd it hard to e;0lain

Thoughts that go round in my head'

!ormouse youre slee0ing again6

oud better go bac" to

!ormouse G /are (or all)

(A 0ule6 A 0ule6)

(*o rhyme or reason)

(awn' Twin"le twin"le),ive oud better not tal"' # heard the Dueen say only

yesterday you deserve to

be beheaded'

Two 3hat %or4

1even Thats none o% your business Two6

,ive es it is his business and #ll tell him $ it was %or bringing the coo" tuli0

roots

instead o% onions'

1even 3ell o% all the un9ust things (They see Alice and bow low)

Alice 3ould you tell me why you are 0ainting those roses4

Two (#n a low voice) 3hy the %act is you see Miss this here ought to have

been a

red rose5tree but we 0ut a white one in by mista"e' #% the Dueen were to &nd

out we should all have our heads cut o8 you "now' 1o you see Miss were

doing our best be%ore she come to

,ive The Dueen6 The Dueen6

-OAL :-OCE11#O*

,A*,A-E

All


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Ma"e way6 /ere comes the royal 0rocession6

They ma"e their entrance two by two'

Theyll all be out to ma"e an im0ression'

7e care%ul what you say and do'

,A*,A-E

All (Clubs 1oldiers)

This %amily has a s0orting tradition

3ere 0roven winners through and through'

Our bodies are in ti05to0 condition

Our team will wi0e the ?oor with you'

All (!iamonds courtiers)

Our 0ride is in our social 0osition'

3ere &rst to hear the royal news'

3ere in with all the to0 0oliticians

And all the gossi0 columns too6

3hite -abbit

#m late6 #m late $ #m getting in a terrible state #ll have to hurry6

7etter get a move on 2cause #m running out o% time6

All (/earts children)Our %athers have a &ne re0utation

Theyre really rather well5to5do'

Theyve given us the best education

And all the money we can use6

All (+uests =ings G Dueens)

3ere here to re0resent other nations

,rom Me;ico to Timbu"tu6

And we received the Dueens invitations


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7e%ore she even thought o% you66

,A*,A-E

=nave Ma"e way %or the =ing and Dueen o% /earts6

Dueen (To =nave) 3ho is this4 (=nave only bows and smiles in re0ly) #diot63hats

your name child4

Alice My name is Alice so 0lease your Ma9esty'

Dueen (:ointing to gardeners) And who are these4

Alice /ow should # "now4 #ts no business o% mine'

Dueen O8 with her head6 O8 with

Alice *onsense6

=ing Consider my dear she is only a child'

Dueen (To "nave re' gardeners) Turn them over6 (=nave does so) +et u06

(+ardeners 9um0 u0 and start bowing) Leave o8 that6 ou ma"e me giddy'

3hat have you been doing here4

Two May it 0lease your Ma9esty we were trying to

Dueen # see' O8 with their heads6

Alice (To +ardeners) ou shant be beheaded6 (+ardeners e;it)

Dueen Are their heads o84

=nave Their heads are gone i% it 0lease your Ma9esty'

Dueen (To Alice) Can you 0lay croquet4

Alice es6

Dueen Come on then6 (E;its)3hite -abbit #ts $ its a very &ne day'

Alice


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The Dueen

will hear you6 ou see she came rather late and the Dueen said

Dueen (Entering) +et to your 0laces6

C-OD.ET 1O*+

All

#ts such a lovely day %or 0laying croquet

1how me a better way to s0end your time'

-eally # have to say that li%e is O=

Out on the lawn today its 9ust divine6

# have been 0ractising with my ?amingo'

#ts not an easy thing to "ee0 in line'

# am delighted in the way my swing goes

#t needs some 0olishing but #ll be &ne'

Croquet is not so cool when youre a hedgehog6

.sing us %or a ball its so un"ind'

#% we dont curl u0 small theyll "noc" our heads o86

1ince they dont care at all well run and hide6

This is an aw%ul game i% youre a soldier6

#ve never been the same since &rst # tried'

# cant describe the 0ain in my le%t shoulder

All doubled5u0 %or days $ its such a crime6

3henever you 0lay croquet then your nec" is on the line

3e should all be glad 9ust to stay alive6

Dueen 1to06 1to06 1to06 (To audience) *ow its about time the rest o% you did

some

singing' ou should "now the tune by now' Are the words ready year4

+ood' *ow woe betide anyone who doesnt 9oin in' our head will be


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removed6 E;ecutioners to your 0laces6

#ts such a lovely day %or 0laying croquet

1how me a better way to s0end your time'

-eally # have to say that li%e is o"

Out on the lawn today its 9ust divine6

-E:EAT LA1T


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oull see its a delight%ul game'

Clear the 9elly&sh out the way

And then we can begin'

,ind a lobster and ta"e his hand

!ance together along the sand'

Change your 0artners and turn around

Then do it all again'

Chorus 1eals and turtles and everyone

3ere all having the best o% %un6

@oin the 0arty weve 9ust begun

Come on and do the lobster dance6

/url your lobster with all your might

Out to sea where hes out o% sight'

!ont you worry $ hell be alright

/e loves to 0lay the game6

Turn a somersault in the sea'

(ou will &nd it comes naturally6)

7ring your 0artner bac" and we

Can start it all again6

Chorus

#*1T-.ME*TAL H :A-T CO*+A

Chorus T3#CE

Alice Than" you its a very interesting dance to watch'

+ry0hon *ow recite your 0oem %or her'

Moc" Turtle 3ould you li"e me to4

Alice


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Moc" Turtle 3ill you wal" a little %asterB said a whiting to a snail

Theres a 0or0oise close behind us and hes treading on my tail'1ee how

eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance6

They are waiting on the shingle $ will you come and 9oin the dance4

3ill you wont you will you wont you will you 9oin the dance4

3ill you wont you will you wont you wont you 9oin the dance4

Alice Than" you6 #% #d been the whiting #d have said to the 0or0oise 2=ee0

bac"

0lease we dont want you with us'

Moc" Turtle They were obliged to have him with them' *o wish &sh would go

anywhere

without a 0or0oise'

Alice 3ouldnt it really4

Moc" Turtle O% course not6 #% a &sh came to me and told me that he was going

on a

9ourney # should say 3ith what 0or0oise4B

Alice !ont you mean 20ur0ose4

Moc" Turtle # mean what # say'

+ry0hon 1hall we try another &gure o% the lobster quadrille or would you li"e

the Moc"

Turtle to sing you a song4

Alice Oh a song 0lease i% the Moc" Turtle would be so "ind'

+ry0hon /m6 *o accounting %or tastes6 1ing her 27eauti%ul 1ou0 will you old

%ellow4

7EA.T#,.L 1O.:

Moc" Turtle

This is a song that # love to recite

!o sing along i% you choose'

#ll sing the chorus so you get it right


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#ts not a diFcult tune

(Candena 5 Moc" Turtle or +ry0hon)

All

Chorus 7eauti%ul sou06 7eauti%ul sou06

1ou0 o% the evening so green and so 0leasing

My beauti%ul beauti%ul sou0'

7eauti%ul sou06 7eauti%ul sou06

7eau 5555555555555555555ti%ul

7eauti%ul beauti%ul sou06

Moc" Turtle

,irst thing %or brea"%ast or last thing at night

This is my %avourite %ood'

#t can be served any way that you li"e

#ll always be in the mood'

(Candena 5 Moc" Turtle or +ry0hon)Chorus

Moc" Turtle

3ho cares %or chic"en or savoury rice


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Alice 3hat trial is it4

+ry0hon Come on6 (Leaves with Alice' Moc" Turtle le%t behind)

Lewis Carroll Alice and the +ry0hon hurried o8 to the Court -oom' Alice had

never been in

a court o% 9ustice be%ore but she had read about them in boo"s' 1he was

0leased to &nd that she "new the name o% nearly everything there'

Alice Thats the 9udge because o% his great wig' And thats the 9ury bo;

and

those twelve creatures # su00ose they are the 9urors' 3hat are they doing4

+ry0hon Theyre 0utting down their names %or the %ear they should %orget

them be%ore

the end o% the trial'

Alice 1tu0id things6 # wish theyd get the trial done and hand round the

re%reshments6

=ing 1ilence in the court6 /erald read the accusation6

3hite -abbit (Trum0et blast' .nrolls scroll and reads)

The Dueen or /earts she made some tarts all on a summers day'

The =nave o% /earts he stole those tarts and too" them quite away6

3/O 1TOLE T/E TA-T14

=ing G @ury (&rst time) All (re0eat)

=ing

3ho stole the tarts4

3ho stole the tarts4

(-e0eat)

@ury

/e did6 /e did6

2Twas the "nave who stole the tarts6Chorus :ut him (her) in the 0rison and

loc" him (her) u0 loc" him


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(her) u0

:ut him (her) in the 0rison and throw away the "ey6

(-e0eat)

3hite -abbit *ot yet6 *ot yet6 Theres a great deal to come be%ore that6

=ing Call the &rst witness6

3hite -abbit The &rst witness6 (Mad /atter)

Chorus

/atter #d rather &nish my tea sir6

=ing ou may go6

Dueen @ust ta"e his head o8 outside' (1hrie")

=ing Call the ne;t witness'

3hite -abbit *e;t witness6 (Coo")

=ing +ive your evidence'

Coo" 1hant6

Chorus

=ing *ever mind6 Call the ne;t witness6

3hite -abbit (,umbling over list) Alice6

Alice /ere6

=ing 3hat do you "now about this business4

=ing

Ta"e o8 your hat6

Ta"e o8 your hat6

3hose hat is it6

3hose hat is it6

Mad /atter

#ts not mine sir6


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#m a%raid it isnt mine6

@ury

1tolen46 1tolen46

/e has stolen someones hat66

=ing

3ho ba"ed the tarts4

3ho ba"ed the tarts4

3hats in the tarts4

3hats in the tarts4

@ury

1he did6 1he did6

2Twas the coo" who ba"ed the tarts6

Coo"

:e00er6 :e00er6

# 0ut 0e00er in the tarts6Alice *othing'

=ing *othing whatever4

Alice *othing whatever'

=ing Thats very im0ortant'

3hite -abbit .nim0ortant you Ma9esty means'

=ing .nim0ortant o% course' (.nder his breath) #m0ortant unim0ortant

unim0ortant im0ortant

Dueen Oh do be quiet and get on with it6

=ing es o% course dear'

O,, 3#T/ /E- /EA!6

=ing Consider your verdict6

Let the @ury consider their verdict6


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Dueen *o6 *o6 *o6

/al% @uryHOther hal% (*o6 *o6 *o6 H *o6 *o6 *o6)

Dueen 1entence &rst and then verdict a%terwards6

Alice 1tu8 and nonsense6

The very idea o% the sentence &rst6

Dueen /old your tongue6

@ury /old your tongue6

Alice # wont6

Dueen O8 with her head6

/al% @ury O8 with her head6

3hole @ury O8 with her head6

All O8 with her head6

O8 with her head6

O8 with her head6

(-e0eat)

O8 with her O,, 3#T/ /E- /EA!66

Alice 3ho cares %or you4 oure nothing but a 0ac" o% cards6

Lewis Carroll At this the whole 0ac" rose u0 into the air and came ?ying

down u0on her'

1he gave a little scream hal% o% %right and hal% o% anger and tried to

beatthem o8' 1he %ound hersel% on the ban" with her head in the la0 o% her

sister

who was gently brushing away some dead leaved that had ?uttered down

%rom the trees u0on her %ace'

1ister 3a"e u0 Alice dear' 3hy what a long slee0 youve had6

Alice Oh #ve had such a curious dream6

3O*!E-LA*! (-e0rise)


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Alice

,ierce ladies with 0ig babies

And strange games 0layed in weird 0laces'

/ow can # describe the things #ve seen4

Mad 9uries the Dueens %ury

The Moc" Turtle and sad stories'

/ow can # believe its 9ust a dream4

All

Chorus Alice Alice 0lease understand

These are the things that ha00en in a wonderland'

(-e0eat)

T/E E*!

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